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This is all that is left of the Moonfleet church featured in J. Meade Falkner novel, lying close to the lagoon, it suffered badly as the sea came crashing over the Chesil Bank on 24 November 1824. The nave of the old church was completely demolished. All that remains today is a tiny church, with a few gravestones in the churchyard.

This is not the Moonfleet church featured in J. Meade Falkner novel as that was destroyed on On 24 November 1824 when strong winds and a storm surge caused waves to breach Chesil Beach. Building began a quarter of a mile further inland in 1826 and was completed in 1829. The new church was dedicated to the Holy Trinity in a ceremony conducted by the Bishop of Bristol later in 1829

WITH their roots in the South Dorset Ridgeway and inspired by the rich sources of locally collected folk songs and West Gallery carols, The Ridgeway Singers and Band led by Tim Laycock and Phil Humphries have once again tuned their fiddles and voices to present a joyous celebration of Christmas past and present this winter.